Clothes-line.



No. 893,702. PATEN-IED JULY 21, 1908.

A. I. BRYANT.

CLOTHES LINE. APPLICATION FILED IUNII e. 1907.

MQ A fr0/@N5 IS ANSLEM I. BRYANT, OF MADDOX, MISSISSIPPI.

CLO THES-LINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1908.

Application filed June 6, 1907. Serial No. 377,617.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANsLnM J. BRYANT, a citizen of the United States, residing at MaddoX, in the county of Simpson and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Clothes-Line, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clothes lines and its object is to provide an endless clothes line which is of simple and durable construction and which is so formed that the same can be operated to carry articles suspended therefrom to points removed from the operator.

Another object is to provide a clothes line which is so constructed that the same will be positively moved by its actuating means.

A still further object is to provide simple and efficient means for fastening clothes to the line.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying' drawings -is shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of the clothes line embodying the present improvements; Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion thereof and of its actuating device; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the device and showing a fastener thereon said fastener being inverted.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates a support of suitable form having a short shaft 2 journaled in the upper portion thereof to which is secured a sprocket wheel 3 preferably constructed of wood and having concavities formed in its periphery producing pointed teeth 5. Another suitable support 6 is also provided and has a grooved wheel 7 journaled therein. This wheel and the sprocket 3 are designed to support the clothes line which, as shown in Fig. 1, consists of a rope or cable 8, the ends of which are fastened to the ends of a chain 9, said cable and chainl being practically of about the same length. The chain is made up preferably of links each of which is formed of a single piece of wire bent into U-shape as shown at 10 in Figs. 2 and 3 and having eyes 11 formed at its terminals and designed to loosely engage the intermediate is provided with substantially parallel arms 13 having eyes 14 at their ends which loosely engage the side portions of one of the links.

Each of the arms 13 merges into a loop 15 eX- tending at right angles therefrom and the two loops are o'ppositely disposed and are spaced apart by an integral intermediate portion 16. The free ends of the loops are outturned as shown at 17 and said loops constitute a clip designed to embrace and bear upon the sides of the adjoining link of the chain. A crank 18 is secured to one end of the shaft 2 and constitutes means whereby tie line can be conveniently actuated manua y.

In using the device herein described the articles to be dried are attached to the chain line by swinging the loops 15 away from the chain and then replacing them so as to clamp u on the clothing. As the articles are p aced on the line the sprocket 3 is rotated so as to move the line in the direction of its length. The articles will therefore be carried away from the sprocket 3. In Fig. 1 the line is shown in its initial position it being understood that when the clothes are suspended therefrom the chain assumes a position above the rope or cable 8. The proper position, of the chain and one of its fasteners is shown in Fig. 3. It is of course apparent that clothing can be connected to the rope or cable 8 and fastened thereon by ordinary clothes pins should it be desired. By providing a sprocket such as shown in Fig. 1 the same will adapt itself to the large chain links which are employed and will absolutely prevent the line from slipping thereby insuring its positive actuation when the crank is turned. It is designed to extend lines such as herein described from porches or from the windows of buildings, the same being particularly desirable for such use because of the fact that the articles can be connected thereto and then moved away from the porch or window and suspended above the ground and out of reach.

It is apparent that as clothes can not be carried with the line around the sprocket or the pulley it is unnecessary to provide a chain the length of which is greater than the distance between the sprocket and pulley and instead of making the entire line of a chain the cost of the device can be greatly reduced by providing a cable or rope connection 8 between the ends of the cham to comlete the line. The rope is obviously much ess expensive than the chain. Moreover, the rope can be more readily grasped than the chain for the urpose of drawing the line without the aid oi the crank 18. A still furtherobject in providing a rope connection is the fact that the chain can be very readily adjusted to t tightly upon the sprocket simply by shortening the ro e, whereas should the line be formed entire y of a chain the same could only be shortened or lengthened by the removal or the addition of a link. This would obviously require the use of some particular tools and could not be done by a person inexperienced in handling them.

What is claimed is:

The combination with sup orts and a chain carried thereby and shiftab e longitudinally thereon; of a clothes Jfastener connected to the chain and comprising spring arms loosely engaging one of the links of the chain, and oppositely disposed loops integral with the arms and constituting a clip disposed to extend across opposite sides of a link of the chain.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

i ANSLEM J. BRYANT.

Witnesses:

J. B. PUOKETT, J. S. HARDIN. 

